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During the Calvert County Chamber of Commerces annual legislative wrap up, Delegate Mark Fisher holds up a chart for Del. Anthony ODonnell that illustrates the increase in spending in Maryland over the past few years.
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A time capsule in the cornerstone of the former Calvert Middle School contained a letter, an old penny and an object so damaged by rust it has not yet been identified.
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By Corrin M. Howe Staff Writer Local business women met at the Springhill Suites in Prince Frederick to hear Chris Daniel talk about improving their KASH. Daniel, a coach and business consultant, was invited back for a second time to share his knowledge with the Calvert Chamber of Commerce Women to Womens monthly group. He wanted to talk to them about KASH knowledge, attitude, skills and habits. Most businesses send their employees out to receive training in knowledge and skills, but fail to address their attitude or habits. How many in here have had to fire someone? he asked the audience. Did you fire them for their knowledge and skills or their attitudes and habits? The consensus was employees most often are fired because of their attitudes and habits because these are the hardest to change. Daniel defined attitudes as a pattern of thought. There is no in-
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ODonnell was alone amongst the speakers in saying he sees no need for an additional session. Dont buy into the doomsday rhetoric, ODonnell said. The Doomsday budget stills shows a two percent increase in spending over last years budget, he said. We have a budget, we should live with it, he said. Miller anticipates the session to reconvene for a couple days in the coming months to make adjustments as needed, though the session wont be recalled until everyone is nearly ready to vote. He said they would have come up with an agreement during the regular session but the house and senate ran out of time. I think somehow the general assembly has lost its way, Dyson said. Dyson said the assembly spent too long on social issues, like the same sex marriage bill, and not long enough on balancing the budget. The legislators also talked about gambling in the state. Fisher said the changes that were made regarding slot machines will pull the rug out from under the current locations. In 2008, he said there were five locations identified to house slot parlors, and changes to the locations or the number of location allowed will send a bad message to the businesses planning to build in Maryland. ODonnell said there is a need to compete against Delaware and West Virginia, which both have casinos and draw people and revenues away from Maryland. The money from other states casinos goes to help schools and other initiatives, and rather than benefiting Maryland, Maryland resident money is going to help other states and students. sa rahmi lle r @ count y times.net
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Calvert Middle School Time Capsule Unearthed
cation was thus stopped in its effort to obtain the school at a minimum of cost to the county, the letter reads. In 1941 Senator J. Wilmer Johnson sponsored and introduced an act to provide $100,000 to construct a proposed high school, which the letter says became law due to the active sponsorship of George Owings in the House of Delegates. The County Com m issione r s refused the request of the Board of Education to finance the construction of the high school as authorized by the 1941 law, the letter reads. In 1945 the late Senator J. Frank Parran, Mr. Maurice Lusby, Jr., and Mr. John W. Hall cooperated in having an enabling act passed, authorizing an additional $262,000 to be utilized and in 1946 the County Commissioners issued $220,000 in bonds under the 1941-1945 authorizations, according to the letter. In 1947 Senator Goldstein authorized an additional $500,000. Upon the urgent request of the Board of Education the County Commissioners in 1948 issued the $500,000 in bonds. [This] issue, together with the issue of 1946 for $220,000, enabled the [Board of Education] to embark upon the most ambitious School Building [Program in the history] of Calvert County, the letter reads. Boyer said members of the society are currently looking into old issues of the Calvert Independent to flesh out the letters story and public feeling surrounding it. From research so far, she said the process was surreptitious and the new building wasnt announced until it the process was nearly finished, and there was a letter to the editor encouraging keeping people in the dark to have as few as possible involved. She said future research will involve delving into school board records and even talking to people about going to school here and finding what oral history still exists. For more information, or to see the letter and penny personally, visit the Calvert Historic Society at 70 Church Street in Prince Frederic or call 410-535-2452. sarahmiller@countytimes.net
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By Sarah Miller Staff Writer When demolition began on the old Calvert Middle School, contractors were asked to save the cornerstone. What the county got was more than a large block of stone from 1947 hidden inside was a 65-year-old time capsule. The capsule is the size of a loaf of bread, said General Services Director Wilson Freeland, and inside were three objects a 1948 penny, a letter and a third item that was rusted beyond recognition. The rusted item was possibly a token or school emblem, Freeland said. He has helped to place several capsules, but this was the first time in Freelands 30year career with the county that he witnessed a time capsule uncovered, he said. The cornerstone is being set aside to be used in a monument once the demolition is finished and the land is developed. The rusted item has been sent to the Maryland Archeological Conservation Laboratory at Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum, and the penny and the letter have been sent to the Calvert Historic Society. Historic Society office manager and research historian Leila Boyer said this is the first time capsule to be exhumed in the county to her knowledge. She said time capsules are more popular now that they were 20 years ago and before and while several institutions may have them, they wont be discovered until the building is demolished. The corrosion of the mystery object was also detrimental to the letter, wearing holes in it and making it unreadable in places. The majority of the letter is still readable. The letter details the fight to get funding to build the school, which was originally a high school. The letter calls the fight one of the most interesting developments of recent local history and starts with a request to the Public Works Administration for funding in 1937. Though there was popular support for this project, the request was denied, the letter reads. A small group of citizens, acting through political channels, managed to have this grant withdrawn. The Board of Edu-
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By Corrin M. Howe Staff Writer Free programs offered by Calvert County Circuit Court help citizens navigate through the basics of family law. Every Wednesday, on a first come first serve basis, a volunteer attorney is available for a free consultation from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Sign-up begins at 8:30 a.m. The intent is to help self-represented litigants navigate the court system, said Rose Naughton, Family Services Coordinator. Members of the local bar can provide limited legal advice on divorce, custody, visitation, child support and name changes. The attorneys can answer questions about the process, assist in completing paperwork and answer specific questions about ongoing cases for those who dont have an attorney. The consultation is brief 20 minutes. The attorneys are also there to advise self-represented litigants if it is in their best interest to hire an attorney. Naughton said this program is well used and available for citizens from any Maryland county. In fact, if Calvert residents cant make the Wednesday sessions they go online to check other local jurisdictions. St. Marys, Charles, and Anne Arundel counties offer similar programs on different days. Calvert provides an additional session once a month on Saturdays for two hours for those who cant make the weekday offering. In addition to the weekly sessions with an attorney, Naughton said the courts offer a once a month
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view of the decision. Ross said his issues with the Tiki Bar didnt exist until the present owners took over and tried to make a 15,000 square foot establishment to a 50,000 square foot bar without getting the proper permits. Ross has lived in the county for 30 years and works in the emergency room at Calvert Memorial Hospital. He moved to the county in 1981 and moved into his current home overlooking the Tiki Bar in the 1990s. The Board of Appeals decision was a follow-up to the meeting in January after Circuit Court Judge Albert W. Northrup remanded the case to the Board of Appeals. Donnelly said the Tiki Bar has spent between $300,000 and $500,000 on attorneys, architects and legal fees over the years the company has defended itself from Ross. He said he doesnt know how much Ross has spent on court fees, appearances before the appeals board, or lawyers because he often represents himself. Each petition is $135, and Ross said he has filed more than six such petitions. The money is a drop in the bucket compared to the money he could have spend on attorneys, which he said would have cost between $30,000 and $70,000. The Tiki Bar has been through six
Board of Appeals meetings with seven different members, a whole new liquor board and even the district court, but Ross keeps coming at them, Donnelly said. The attorney said all the Tiki Bar wants is to be left alone and afforded the same rights allowed other establishments. Several decisions have been made, all completely or mostly in the Tiki Bars favor. Ross multiple allegations have hurt the Tiki Bars business, he said. Donnelly said the Tiki Bar has also contributed more than $100,000 to charities in the county, and the venue has hosted fundraising events several times in the past, including the annual Dog-Gone Tiki Bar Family Pet Day. Hes on a personal mission, Donnelly said of Ross. Its an obsession. Even with multiple decisions made in favor of the Tiki Bar and various agencies saying they are doing nothing wrong, Dr. Ross doesnt accept it, Donnelly said. Its the world according to Dr. Ross. He said there are pictures of Ross having a good time at the Tiki Bar, and he believes the root of the issue is not any violations the Tiki Bar has committed, but the fact that the new owners of the Tiki Bar did not give Ross the proper respect. He referred to Ross continuous actions
arrive via helicopter. In other years he has come by boat and even atop a Clydesdale team to toast the opening and the first day of the summer season. They are coming by land, sea and air this year, Kurley said. To help ensure the safety of the patrons, Kurley said there are numerous security guards on duty, counting off duty cops among their number, and a lot of preparation goes into the opening weekend. He said opening weekend used to be a free for all but that has changed. Most first-timers to opening weekend expect chaos, but despite the number of people, Kurley said, its surprising how calm it is. sarahmiller@countytimes.net
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Maryland Tax Education Foundation has shown, the states investment performance lags its peers by about 1 percent annually, which translates to $3 billion in lost revenue over that period at the states $37 billion fund. The states performance is also significantly lower than large mutual funds, including the Vanguard Wellesley Income Fund and the John Hancock Strategic Income Fund. Mr. Hooke, an investment banker, recommends indexing the portfolio to save money on Wall Street fees, ($1.5 billion over 10 years) and to guarantee an average investment return. But the real issue is performance. State employees and retirees, who are banking on a steady stream of income in their later years, and taxpayers, who are responsible for their benefits, deserve a real debate about the best way to manage the money important to millions of lives. This is not a Republican or Democratic issue but a generational one. Our children shouldnt pay for false promises of todays politicians. Marta Hummel Mossburg is a senior fellow at the Maryland Public Policy Institute.
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By Daniel Menefee MarylandReporter.com State lawmakers and their executive appointees would now post their required ethics statements and financial disclosure reports on the Internet beginning January 2013, if the governor signs the bill as expected. Weve passed the Online Disclosure Act and brought our ethics regime into the 21st century, said Sen. Jamie Raskin, D-Montgomery, minutes after its passage. He said 29 other states have some form of online disclosure for elected officials. The new law passed just moments before the official end of the 2012 legislative session. A Senate amendment that added county executives and their appointees to the online requirement was scrapped by the House Environmental Matters Committee over privacy concerns of lawmakers in small jurisdictions. Friends and neighbors could access mortgage and credit card information that an average citizen normally wouldnt share with a close friend, said Les Knapp, associate director of the Maryland Association of Counties. We believe there is a different level of power and geographic scope, said Knapp, A county official wields commensurately less power and affects a smaller geographic area than a state official. He believes there is no legitimate reason for a resident of far western Maryland to need information on a local official on the lower Eastern Shore. Knapp said MACo was not against financial disclosures readily available at the local levelwhere citizens can request and get the disclosure information from county and municipal offices. A new law passed in 2010 requires local officials to file the same disclosure statements as state lawmakersbeginning April 30 of this year. Local residents will be able to go to the nearest municipal office and get this information, Knapp said. The law also creates a joint committee to oversee implementation of the new law, McIntosh said. Dan@MarylandReporter.com
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Sarabeth Louise Janey, 71, of Lusby, MD passed away on April 5, 2012 at Calvert Memorial Hospital, Prince Frederick, MD. She was born on Jan. 9, 1941 in Calvert County, Maryland to the late Ethel Gough-Chase and Albert Chase Sr. Sarabeth was united in Holy matrimony to Theodore Janey Sr. on April 14, 1962. Upon Theodores death, they were married for 48 years. From this union they were blessed with seven children that she loved so much. She was educated in the Calvert County School System. Sarabeth loved cooking, doing crossword puzzles, watching soap operas, walking, and collecting pictures of family and friends. She enjoyed buying movies and her dog Snowflake. Sarabeth was preceded in death by her parents Ethel and Albert Chase Sr.; grandparents Emily Jane Bishop-Gough and John Parran Gough; husband Theodore Janey Sr.; mother-in-law Hattie Gross; father-in-law Lawrence Janey; 2 sisters Helen Stewart and Victoria Jefferson; 2 brothers Thomas TC Chase Sr. and William Hucker Chase Sr.; 6 sisters-in-law Carolyn Fee-Fee and Shirley Chase, Marguerite Broome, Louise, Elizabeth and Evelyn Janey; 6 brothers-in-law James Popcorn Gross Sr., Alexander Sonny Broome, Lawrence Boobie, Augustus, John and Johnson Brownie Janey; niece Pauline Chase; 3 nephews Ricky Gross, Carroll Jefferson Jr. and Sherman Jefferson Sr.; 4 aunts Blanche Gough-Foote, Arlene, Cornelia and Ida Gough; 9 uncles Leonard PopPop Foote, Albert, Melvin, Calvin, Bennie, Thomas, Joseph, Burnes and John Gough. Sarabeth leaves to cherish her memories: 2 daughters, Louise Young and Hattie Janey; 5 sons, Theodore Jr. Teddy, Joe, Dean, Albert Button and William Janey; 29 grandchildren; 18 great grandchildren; 3 daughters-in-law, Anita Reid, Teresa and Lawanda Janey; son-in-law John Young; 2 sisters, Jeanette Savage, Eva Gross; 3 brothers, Albert Junior, Calvin and Preston Chase; 3 sisters-inlaw, Annie, Teresa and Joanne Chase; 2 brothers-in-law Leroy Savage, Carroll Jefferson Sr.; 3 aunts, Helen Chin, Virginia and Drusilla Gough; devoted friend James Chin Chong Polk and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. Funeral service was held on Thurs-
day, April 12, 2012 at 11:00 AM at Sewell Funeral Home, Prince Frederick, MD with Pastor Irvin Beverly officiating. The interment was at Cheltenham Veterans Cemetery, Cheltenham, MD. The pallbearers were Calvin Chase, Michael Chase, Ronnie Chase, Sr., David Daniels, James Gross and Tony Height. Funeral arrangements provided by Sewell Funeral Home, Prince Frederick, MD.
Larry Waldroop, 58
Larry Keith Waldroop, 58, of Lusby, MD passed away April 11, 2012 at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD. Larry was born on April 1, 1954 in Dayton, Ohio to Daniel and Erma Waldroop. He loved gardening, camping, hiking, and anything to do with outdoor nature. Larry is survived by his wife Wanda, Mother Erma, and two brothers Kirk and Doug. He was preceded in death by his Father Daniel. Services and interment are private. Should friends desire memorial contributions may be made in Larrys memory to: Stepping Stones, Attention: Angela Duckworth, Liver Transplant Social Worker 600 N. Wolfe Street, Carnegie 100, Baltimore, MD 21287. Arrangements provided by the Rausch Funeral Home, P. A. , Lusby, MD www.rauschfuneralhomes.com.
Manford Smith, 79
Manford T. Smith, 79, of Lusby, MD passed away on Sunday, March 11, 2012 at Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, D. C. Manford was born on June 19, 1932 in Chickasaw, PA. He was the last son of the late Clinton and Lula Reinholtz Smith. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his loving wife Eleanor Nolte Smith and by his four sisters and three brothers. Manford served his country in the United States Navy from 1952 to 1954. He worked in sales for numerous years. Manford is survived by his sister Lois Llewellyn of Sewickley, PA. Services and interment are private.
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By Sarah Miller Staff Writer Donations are gathered, an auctioneer is ready and raffle ticket sales are rising all signs that Beach Elementary Schools eighth annual Beach Bay Luau is this Saturday at the Chesapeake Beach American Legion Post. We invite our friends and neighbors to join us, said Beach Elementary PTA Auction Chairperson Sandy Hunting, adding the event is free and open to the public. More than 150 items are up for grabs, including gift certificates, hotel stays, sports memorabilia, car care packages, original artwork and themed baskets supplied by individual classrooms. The 17 live auction items will include dream vacations including a trip to the mountains of West Virginia, a condo stay in Orlando and a resort adventure in Cancun, Hunting said. She said there is something for everyone, including items that will go from $5 to $1000. The auction brings in between $13,000 and $16,000 per year, which goes to benefit the school, Hunting said. Live and silent auctions will be divided into sections, with a few items at a time being offered. For the live auctions, Hunting said Steve Jones will be the auctioneer. She said there will also be several raffles, including a teacher time raffle for students. Hunting said teachers have donated chunks of their time for any number of things, from private tutoring to chess matches. Students have the opportunity to buy tickets for teacher time during school, and Hunting said there are several students hoping they win some one-on-one time with their favorite teacher. Though the evening is an adult event, meant to be a night out for teachers and parents to mingle out of the school and without students, the drawing for the teachers time will be done with the rest of the raffles. Babysitting services will be offered with Prime Time Children's Center. The auction is at the Chesapeake Beach American Legion Hall starting at 6 p.m. There will be light refreshments offered. Hunting said the school has been working with the American Legion for years, and they donate the use of their hall for the auction. Its a really wonderful partnership, Hunting said. For more information, e-mail Hunting at orionpublications@yahoo.com. sarahmiller@countytimes.net By Sarah Miller Staff Writer From transitioning the radios from analog to digital, installing surveillance cameras on busses and even inspecting busses quarterly, Calvert County Public Schools is working to make sure bus transportation remains safe for students and worry free for parents. Director of Transportation Ed Cassidy briefed the Board of Education on ongoing initiatives, and future plans for the countys school busses. He said the county provides transportation services to more than 13,000 students, with busses traveling more than 17,000 miles a day to all the public schools in addition to 12 non-public schools. He said there are 20 contracts and more than 200 drivers involved in getting students to and from school. Over the last couple of years, Cassidy said the department of transportation has added to the instructional day by revising and tightening up the amount of time a student spends on the bus. To help bus drivers communicate with each other and the main dispatch center, they have upgraded the two-way radios on the busses and added antennas on top of Calvert Memorial Hospital and the Patuxent Business Park water tower. Another success story Cassidy shared with the Board of Education was the addition of surveillance cameras on busses. He said in the first year they launched the pilot program at four schools and got
77 requests for the film to be pulled. This year, the second year of implementation, 130 requests were submitted for information. Cassidy said the highest number of requests were in November, while in December the number dropped. Cassidy said the recordings are available for 6-10 days before the camera begins recording over it. If the film is needed for longer than that, a replacement hard drive can be put in the camera, Cassidy said. Parents can not watch the videos, but they can see still images with surrounding students faces blurred out, Cassidy said. He said they are also working on routing software. Currently, routing is done by hand using maps and colored pieces of yarn. The problem is getting the software to the necessary level of accuracy without having stops every quarter mile. Cassidy said that is too many stops, especially in communities like the Chesapeake Ranch Estates and Drum Point. He said it is in the countys best interest to continue working on the software. The end result and payoff will be well worth it, Cassidy said. Continuing challenges include the rising price of diesel fuel and implementing new state laws. sarahmiller@countytimes.net
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Local Mother Starts Food Allergy Support Group
By Sarah Miller Staff Writer Imagine not being able to eat anything made with milk, eggs or peanuts. Any contact with those substances can cause you to stop breathing and even die. Cut out of your diet forever would be peanut butter, ice cream, Cheetos, omelets and even pizza. Now imagine having a child barely over a year old to keep away from all those substances. Having to contend with a toddlers penchant to put everything and anything in their mouths and tendency to scream when things are taken away, even if it is in their best interest. This is what Bethany and Marc Harrington have had to learn to do when their son, Luke, was diagnosed with severe allergy to milk when he was six Photo By Sarah Miller months old. By the time he was a year old, eggs Bethany and Marc Harrington with son Luke and peanuts had been his allergies, she said Luke could not get added to the list. into day care because the daycare providTo help families of children with food ers could not assure he would not come allergies, Bethany Harrington has started into contact with the substances. Other a monthly support and playgroup for chil- children, not knowing about his allergies, dren between the ages of 6 months and could offer to share some of their snacks 12 years old. She said families from Cal- and the result could be fatal, Harrington vert and St. Marys counties are welcome said. to join. She and her husband alternate the Taking Luke to a playground offers meetings from one side of the bridge to the similar dangers. Harrington said before other to allow families the chance to join they get Luke out of the car, she and her in. The first meeting was April 15 at Dors- husband survey the area to see if anyone ey Park in St. Marys County. is having a picnic, or who has snacks and Harrington said a common miscon- drinks. She said they have to stay five ception is food allergies only cause stom- steps ahead to make sure Luke doesnt achaches or a rash. In Lukes case, he ac- come into contact with his allergens. cidentally ingested milk when he was 8 As he gets older, Harrington said months old and went into anaphylactic she and her husband will help Luke learn shock. She said he was turning blue from to control his allergies, but until hes old oxygen depravation before he started re- enough to tell people what hes allergic sponding to medication. to and stay away from them, she said he It was the most terrifying thing in my doesnt go to birthday parties or other such life, Harrington said. events. Contributing to the misconception is The idea for a support and playgroup people who will say they have food aller- came from living in California, Harrington gies just to keep items like onions or toma- said. There were several large support toes out of their food at restaurants. This groups on the West coast, but when she and leads people to think food allergies are a her husband moved to St. Marys County, minor inconvenience, Harrington said. she could find nothing. So she decided to She and her husband are learning take matters into her own hands and put from scratch what to keep out of the house something together. and how to keep Luke safe. She said there For more information, including the is no history of food allergies on either side date of the next meeting, visit www.faceof the family, and scientific studies about book.com/PAAKofSOMD or e-mail paathe food allergies are constantly occurring kofsomd@google.com and new information is always coming out. Because of the severity and nature of sarahmiller@countytimes.net
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APRIL 27: PRIME RIB NIGHT WITH DOMINIC, BENJI, & FOX!!
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done. Her own relationship with her father is strained to the point that she calls him by his first name. Greg McMinn rounds out the cast as Chelseas old boyfriend Charlie. The New Direction Community Theatre is a wandering troupe, performing in various venues throughout the county, but without a home stage. Director Phil Cosman said the group is hoping to find a permanent home in the future. Currently, the group is going through Hell Week, Cosman said, where they do back to back dress rehearsals and iron out remaining kinks before the opening night. The group in On Golden Pond is a mix of seasoned performers and newer faces. For stage manager Kelly RogersElliott, this is her first time in the posi-
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Annmarie After Hours is set for Friday, April 20, 6 to 9 p.m. to celebrate the opening reception of My African-American Community: A Collection of Photographs and Stories, 2000-2010. This beautiful exhibit features the photography of William Poe, who has spent the last decade documenting the local African-American culture. If you are seeking an alternative, quieter outing from the grand opening of the Tiki Bar, come to Annmarie Garden. Live music by Rene Fabian and light hors d'oeuvres by Canards Catering will make for an enjoyable and memorable evening. Admission is $5 for non-members; $4 for members; reservations are not required. To learn more visit www.annmariegarden.org or call 410-326-4640. The Calvert County Health Department is sponsoring rabies clinics in April offering a free three-year rabies vaccination for county pets. Free clinics will be held at Patuxent High School on Saturday, April 21; and Huntingtown High School on Saturday, April 28. Clinics will be open from 12 to 2 p.m. Proof of prior vaccination is required. Eligible pets include cats, dogs and ferrets in carriers or on leashes and muzzled if necessary. Feral or stray animals cannot be accommodated. Calvert County pet licenses will also be available at the rabies clinics. Pet licenses are $7 for spayed or neutered pets (proof required) and $20 for those not spayed or neutered. For more information, call the Calvert County Health Department at 410535-5400 or 410-535-3922. Visit online at www.calverthealth.org.
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cious spaghetti supper at Our Lady of Sorrows Church on Sunday, April 29, 3-7pm. Choose from 4 sauces and garlic bread and salad. Don't miss the bake table, plant raffle, and silent auction! Adults $10 advance / $11 at the door; Children 4-12 $5; family discounts. Our Lady of Sorrows is on Owensville Road in West River. 410-867-1128.
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dening questions and advice about plants suitable for your yard. There will also be planting activities for the children and rain barrels and compost bins for sale by the Calvert Lions Club.
Sheriffs Office PlanMaryland Info Forum Open House Sheriff Mike Evans
The League of Women Voters of Calvert and St. Marys Counties will present a community information forum on Tuesday, April 24 at 7 pm in Asbury~Solomons Retirement Community auditorium, 11100 Asbury Circle, Solomons, MD. Addressing the issues surrounding PLANMaryland are Rich Josephson, Director of Planning Services, MD Department of Planning; Charles Johnston, Director of Planning & Zoning, Calvert County; and Phillip Shire, Director of Land Use & Growth Management, St. Marys County. These experts will provide information and answer questions from those in attendance. For more information about the League of Women Voters go to www.lwvmd.org. or call Dr. Anne Mychalus, 410-326-6784. Put inspiration and vigor in your Sunday afternoon and attend the SMILE benefit spring concert by St. Maries Musica on Sunday, April 29 at Our Lady Star of the Sea Historic Catholic Church, Solomons, 3:00 p.m. Billed as Dazzling Brilliance: From Baroque to Broadway. The concert is FREE but, as always, donations for SMILE are accepted gratefully.
invites you and your family to join him and his staff on May 5, 2012 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Calvert County Sheriffs Office Open House. Please join us for live demonstrations from our K-9 Unit, Police Motors Unit, and Mountain Bike Patrol. There will be static displays and information tables from our Public Safety partners, Sheriffs inspection, food court, vendors, dunk tank, fast pitch, and many other fun activities for children of all ages. There will be plenty of convenient parking, so mark your calendar, and spend a fun filled day with Sheriff Evans and the men and women of the Calvert County Sheriffs Office at 30 Church Street Prince Frederick, Maryland.
Join local EMS and Volunteer Firefighters in a remembrance ceremony honoring our fallen heroes on Saturday, May 19th at 10am. There will be a dedication for the newly installed Firefighters/EMS Memorial. The Calvert County Fire and EMS Pipes and Drums will perform the song Amazing Grace. Reception will follow. Rain or shine. Location is 3270 Broomes Island Rd. Port Republic, MD Direct all inquires to Chesapeake Highlands Memorial Gardens at 410-257-0544. www.chesapeakehighlands.com
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Entertainment Calendar
Thursday, April 19
Free Comedy Night feat. David Wingfield and Jesse Thomas DB McMillans (23415 Three Notch Road, California) 8:30 p.m. Live Music: Mike Mead Veras White Sands Beach Club (1200 White Sands Drive, Lusby) 7 p.m. Live Music: No Green JellyBeanz Olde Town Pub (22785 Washington Street, Leonardtown) 7 p.m. Dinner Theater: On Golden Pond Adams Ribs (2200 Solomon's Island Road, Prince Frederick) 6 p.m. Live Music: Smoke Creek Rounders Ruddy Duck Brewery (13200 Dowell Road, Dowell) 8 p.m. Live Music: Firm Roots The Westlawn Inn (9200 Chesapeake Avenue, North Beach) 7:30 p.m. Live Music: One Louder Calypso Bay Crab House (120 Charles Street, Solomons) 6 p.m.
The Calvert County Master Gardeners (CCMG) Annual Plant Sale and Gardening Fair will be held Saturday, May 5 from 8 a.m. to noon in the parking lot of the Community Resources Building, 30 Duke Street, Prince Frederick, across from the Prince Frederick Post Office. The plant sale will be held rain or shine. This years plant sale will feature hundreds of plants grown by Master Gardeners including perennials, herbs, annuals, heirloom vegetables and native plants. Get answers to your garLive Music: No Luck for Landes Ruddy Duck Brewery (13200 Dowell Road, Dowell) 8 p.m. Live Music: The Sam Grow Band Veras White Sands Beach Club (1200 White Sands Drive, Lusby) 9:30 p.m. Live Music: Pounding Sand Cookies Hometown Sports Bar & Grill (41566 Medleys Neck Rd., Leonardtown) 8 p.m. Comedy Night feat Mike Diesel and Dionne Alexander The Lexington Restaurant and Lounge (21736 Great Mills Road, Lexington Park) 8:30 p.m. St. Marys County Fairgrounds (42455 Fairgrounds Road, Leonardtown) 10 a.m.
Monday, April 23
Open Mic Night Rustic River Bar and Grill (40874 Merchants Lane, Leonardtown) 5 p.m. Team Trivia Night DB McMillans (23415 Three Notch Road, California) 6:30 p.m.
Friday, April 20
Live Music: Renegade Toots Bar (23971 Mervell Dean Road, Hollywood) 8 p.m. Live Music: Under the Covers Veras White Sands Beach Club (1200 White Sands Drive, Lusby) 8:30 p.m. Live Music: No Green JellyBeanz Dew Drop Inn (23966 Mervell Dean Road, Hollywood) 9:30 p.m.
Tuesday, April 24
Live Music: Fair Warning DB McMillans (23415 Three Notch Road, California) 5 p.m. Open Mic Night Ruddy Duck Brewery (13200 Dowell Road, Dowell) 6:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 21
Live Music: Hydra FX Rustic River Bar and Grill (40874 Merchants Lane, Leonardtown) 8 p.m. Live Music: The Piranhas Cryers Back Road Inn (22094 Newtowne Neck Road, Leonardtown) 9 p.m. Live Music: R & R Train Hole In the Wall Tavern (24702 Sotterley Road, Hollywood) 9 p.m.
Sunday, April 22
Free Concert feat. The St. Marys College of Maryland Choir, Chamber Singers & Orchestra Immaculate Heart of Mary Church (22375 Three Notch Road, Lexington Park)- 4 p.m. 19th Annual Blessing of the Bikes, Southern Maryland feat. Snakebite
Wednesday, April 25
Free Screening: Tom Shadyacs I Am Historic St. Marys City Visitors Center Auditorium (18751 Hogaboom Lane, St. Mary's City) 6 p.m.
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the anglers face is darkened by shadow, have the angler remove his cap, or force the camera flash to work as the picture is taken. Unlike most of my photos, ask the angler to remove his or her sunglasses. Make sure the angler smiles like theyve just won the lottery! A big smile highlights the accomplishment like nothing else can. If youve got one of those cameras that includes a date stamp in the photo, please turn it off. Flounder season opened in Maryland last Saturday. I have no reports from our section of the Bay at this early point in time, but the coastal regions are red hot! Croakers continue to be caught by shore anglers off Point Lookout, and the commercial guys are rumored to be catching good numbers in their nets. Snakeheads are being caught all over the Charles and Prince Georges County sections of the Potomac. Remember to take a picture and send me your story at riverdancekeith@gmail. com. riverdancekeith@hotmail.com. Keith has been a recreational angler on the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries for over 50 years; he fishes weekly from his small boat during the season, and spends his free time supporting local conservation organizations.
Trophy Season
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Its kind of pointless for me to discuss anything but stripers this week because Saturday, April 21st, marks the beginning of the Trophy Rockfish Season in Maryland portions of the Chesapeake Bay (minus the tributaries) from Brewerton Channel south to the Virginia state boundary. The Potomac River Trophy Season is also starting this weekend from the Harry W. Nice Bridge (U.S. Rte. 301) south to the mouth of the river at Point Lookout. I hope youre ready!
Reports are that there are plenty of fish out there to be caught. Those anglers who have participated in the catch and release season have hooked plenty of fish up to 46 long south to Point Lookout in the Bay and the Potomac River. Most of the pictures of spring stripers on Buzzs Marinas website (www.buzzsmarina. com) appear to be post-spawn beauties, which is a good thing for the fish. There is some skepticism about whether the big fish will be here for long because of the early spring weather conditions. Other theories, based on a lack
of sea lice on the fish and the mild winter that weve experienced, might indicate that the big girls have been here all winter and that they may move out in the first week or two of the trophy season. A few sage theorists have concluded that the big spawning migration hasnt happened yet, which could mean a longer than normal season. We get the same prognostications every year as the fever to fish builds to opening day. My theory Well know when we know! I dont have a good photo to include with the article this week. Many of you will, no doubt, have stories next week of a great fishing trip during the Trophy Season. Remember, a story without pictures is, well, just a story! If you catch a nice trophy and want to send me a picture, I will do my best to print the best ones in a future article. Here are a few tips for quality photos: Hold the fish high across the anglers chest (if thats possible), and try to hold it at arms length (again, if possible). If the fish is held vertically, bring the head up high so that the whole fish is in the picture. Make sure the angler can be seen. Try not to cut off the top of the anglers head. Make sure there are no obnoxious words or slogans on the anglers hat or clothing. If it is sunny, make sure the sun is behind the person taking the picture. If
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By Ronald N. Guy Jr. Contributing Writer Its been a shameful few weeks, sports fans. Instead of behaving like role models, our heroes have resembled boorish frat boys with an intelligence-sapping beer buzz and a thirst for mischief. The figurative police blotter reads something like this The New Orleans Saintshow oxymoronicare mired in the smelly wake of former defensive coordinator Gregg Williams tenure. Williams bounty system a disturbing pay-for-injury program scored him an indefinite suspension from the NFL and has left the Saints without their head coach for the season (Sean Payton was suspended for the upcoming season). Ozzie Guillen, the habitually pottymouthed manager of the Miami Marlins, spewed ignorance and cultural insensitivity when he inexplicably praised Fidel Castros ability to survive 60 years of opposition. For his enlightened rhetoric, Guillen was suspended for 5 games and will be left with the massive chore of healing his relationship with the Latin community. Arkansas head football coach Bobby Petrino, a 51-year-old married father of four, wrecked his motorcycle and initially neglected to mention that his 25-year-old mistress was aboard. When faced with the release of the police report, Petrino finally came clean. Classy. His introduction now goes something like this: Hi, Im Bobby PetrinoIm a liar, a cheating husbandand a recently unemployed football coach. And then theres the cherry on the top of the sports worlds boob sundae: Tiger Woods. Once upon a time Woods performances at The Masters were synonymous with record-setting performances, fist pumps and slipping on green jackets. This year, in the midst of an on-course meltdown, Woods paid homage to his inner terrible two and dropped kicked his club after an errant
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raises the possibility that the Skins will become something they havent been since Gibbs first tenure: perennial contenders. Gasp! I know, right? Crazy talk. The Skins have had good quarterbackslong, long agobut never anyone with the skills of this guy. RGIII is more mobile than Joe Theismann, has a deep ball as sweet as Mark Rypiens, appears to have Sonny Jurgensens bravado and is as unflappable in the moment as Doug Williams (Ill withhold any comparison to Sammy Baugh until I see him punt and play cornerback). With that said, Ill offer this plea: pump the brakes on the expectations sled. The hysteria makes it easy to forget RGIII will arrive as a 22-year-old rookie with a lot to learn and, despite his poise, no comprehension of Skins nations justifiable desperation for a franchise savior. The adjustment will take him, like any new arrival to a team or organization, time. Permit him this. Be patient. Create an environment that promotes his comfort and growth. Ignore the radio and print sharks that will inevitably pick him apart like the great fish in Hemmingways Old Man and Sea. RGIII will succeed his talent and intangibles are too great not to as long as our expectations dont overwhelm him. Send comments to rguyjoon@yahoo. com
shot. Ahhh yesTiger Woods the ultimate gentlemen for a gentlemens sport. Interesting then that the mature counterbalance to this collection of pompous gray-bearded scoundrels that ought to know better is two youngsters not quite at the dawn of their professional careers. That dawn will arrive with the first two picks in the upcoming NFL Draft when Andrew Luck and Robert Griffin III (RGIII) are selected - likely in that order. It seems the Colts and Skins, holders of the first two picks, will acquire the rarest of NFL assets: an ultra-talented young quarterback without a blemish on his character resume. In the intense spotlight of todays sports coverage (one Im glad wont illuminate my past), both young men consistently say and do the right things and, given the absence of dirt on either one, apparently have always done so. They are remarkable and refreshing young lads, particularly considering the behavior of the aforementioned stooges (all apologies to Larry, Curly and Moe). After two miserable decades of very sporadic success and bad quarterback play, RGIIIs likely arrival in D.C. has Skins fans in a full lather. Anticipating his diverse skill-set in burgundy and gold has inflated the hope-meter to levels not seen since Joe Gibbs returned and rightfully so. RGIII behind center, in this quarterback-dominated era,
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